Double fish, 雙魚 shuangyu, is a homophone for 'may you be blessed with connubial bliss, fecundity and plenty of good luck', 雙魚吉慶 shuangyu jiqing. The word 'fish' shares the same pronunciation as 餘 yu, which translates as 'abundance'. When depicted together with the chime, 磬 qing, they form the saying 'may there be a superabundance of auspicious happiness', 吉慶有餘 jiqing youyu.|White jade plaques of such purity and high quality such as the present lot would have been given to newlyweds of high status or social hierarchy. Since fishes are reputed to swim in pairs, they symbolise conjugal bliss; their great reproductive power further symbolise numerous offspring. |白色玉牌，牌身兩面淺浮雕相同紋飾，磬與雙魚以結帶纏繫，左右對稱，邊框一圈為卷葉紋，牌上方有三孔，下方兩孔，可穿繫繩帶。整體玉質細膩瑩潤，刀法流暢自然，工藝精湛。|「魚」與「餘」為同音，寓意祥瑞，為吉慶之象徵，如「年年有餘」、「雙魚吉慶」、「吉慶有餘」等。